The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-05-26
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.


Peach leaves pounded to a pulp
and applied to a bruise or wound from
y rusty nail Of a simple cut will give
immediate relief.
The largest possible increase at the
least cost should be the rule, and upon
this depends the turning point between
profit and loss in farming.-National
Eiew.
When you wash your trees use a
cloth. On old ones a stiff scrub-brush
is better, as It will dislodge insects that
have taken up quarters beneath the
scales of bark.
There is no doubt but hardwood
floors should be used in creameries
when stone tagging, carefully cement
ed, can not be had. Thoroughly sea-
soned maple is one of the best.
Velvet wears better if brushed
with a hat brus I, Expressing down into
the nap and then turning the brush as
on an axis to flirt out the lint. Do not
brush backward or forward.-Lndian-
Gpoiis Journal.
Never put milk, fat or any oily
substance into the a for the relief of
pain, for they soon become rancid and
tend to incite Inflammation. Simple
warm water will answer the purpose
better than any thing else.
"A scrub is an animal that is poorly
kept and badly neglected; most beasts,
by liberal feeding and shelter without
negligence. a be converted into
"blue-bloods," or at least into animals
as good as "blue-bloods. Farm Jour
NAL
Steamed Oatmeal: Half-pint oat-
meal, one teaspoonful of salt; put in
two-quart basin and pour over it one
quart of boiling water; put in a steamer
| and steam two hours. Do not remove
| the cover during that time-Boston
Budget
|: Indian Breakfast Cake: Two cups
of sol milk, a teaspoonful of soda, two
tablespoonfuls of sugar OF molasses, a
little salt, an even cup of flour, and
meal enough to make a not too thick
batter. Bake fifteen minutes in a quick
oven.-Farn,, Field and Stockman.
lin Wisconsin, fourteen sheep coun-
ties, out of sixty-three in all, show a
valuation in farming lands eighty per
cent. above the other parts of the State.
These figures show the tendency of
sheep husbandry to improve farming
lands, and consequently enhance their
market value.
Attend to the comfort of the poul-
try, providing dust baths and a variety
of food. Corn burnt On the cob and
the refuse, which consists almost en-
tirely of the grains reduced to charcoal
and still retaining their perfect shape,
if placed before chickens. is greedily
eaten by them.-Cimcinnati Times.
White Layer Cake: One and one
half cups of sugar, two and one-half
cups of flour, n scant half cup of but
ter, onc-half cup of sweet milk, three
tcaspoonfuls of baking powder, or one
half .easpoonful of soda and whites OF
four eggs. This makes three layers.
Use with jelly, frosting or chocolate.
Please try this recipe Household.
"A correspondent of the Farmer
advises farmers to try to feed all the
grain they a pay for. Then their
lands will be constantly increasing in
fertility. He believes that feeding
pigs of good breeds will pay a good
interest on the capital invested, even
where all the food is purchased, but
when pigs are fed largely on skinned
milk, from a dairy farm, the profits are
really liberal.
Twenty years ago. says a core
spondent, I planted vines in my yard,
where 1 had to do a great deal of filling
in, and the material employed was
principally coal ashes. Wherever the
ashes came in contact with the vines
we had the largest crop of the finest
grapes l ever saw, the roots seemed to
run riot in the soil to a distance of ten
to fifteen feet, and were a mass Of
Sne 6bers.